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brother and brother-in-law of
the late Nathan and the late
Helen, the late Max, the late
Ann, the late Sylvia and the
late Martin, the late Marian
and the late Howard, the late
Rose.
Contributions may be
made to a charity of one’
s
choice. Interment was held at
Beth Abraham Cemetery in
Ferndale. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
MAXWELL
LAPIDES, 92,
died peacefully in
his home on Jan.
23, 2020.
Born and
raised in Detroit, Max had
deep roots in the commu-
nity. He graduated from
Cranbrook in 1946 and then
attended the University of
Pennsylvania, receiving a
bachelor’
s degree in business.
He also graduated from the
Laundry Institute of America
and applied his learning to the
family laundry business. Most
of Max’
s professional life was
spent in the debt collection
industry, where he served as
executive vice president for
two major agencies.
In retirement, Max was
adored as a substitute teach-
er by West Bloomfield High
School students and staff.
He also spent many hours
as a volunteer with Meals on
Wheels and with the NCJW
Literacy Outreach program.
He was also vice president of a
local chapter of SCORE, where
he counseled small business
owners.
He maintained close friend-
ships and was a proud member
of the Romeos lunch group,
which gathered every week
for more than 20 years. Max
golfed regularly, traveled often
with his beloved wife and was
very active in the Jewish com-
munity, attending classes and
cultural events on a regular
basis.
Max and the Detroit Tigers
were practically synonymous.
By the age of 6, he was attend-
ing most Tigers games with
his father, which began his
lifelong love of the team. He
met Hank Greenberg when
Max was just a young boy and
shared endless stories about his
experiences. Although work
took the family to Chicago
for 22 years, he never missed
seeing his beloved Tigers when
they played the White Sox or
Milwaukee Brewers. His love
of the Tigers was so great that
he often arranged business
trips around their away sched-
ule and brought clients to the
games.
With extensive knowledge of
and longtime dedication to the
team, Max was often a trusted
source in the media. His story
was told in a 1973 New Yorker
piece titled, “Three for the
Tigers,
” written by Roger Angel
(the other two of the “Three”
were Bert Gordon and Don
Shapiro). He also played a sig-
nificant role in the 1998 feature
documentary film The Life and
Times of Hank Greenberg. His
memories were incorporated
in a book published in 2013
titled Hank Greenberg: The
Hero of Heroes.
Locally his stories are told
in the Matthews sports exhibit
“Jewish Heroes and Other
Legends” at the Jewish com-
munity Center.
Max was president and
co-founder (with Joe Falls)
of the Eddie Lake Society,
a group of local fans who
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